Twitch streamer shows what happens when you hit your girlfriend in GTA 5

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The currently largest streamer on Twitch, Félix “xQc” Lengyel, struggles with his life as an anger-driven criminal on the roleplay server for GTA 5. Allegedly trapped in the role, he beat up a police officer in the game, played by his girlfriend in real life. This got him into trouble. He was called out in front of 160,000 Twitch viewers when the dispute shifted from the game to real life.

This is the situation:

  • The Canadian xQc is currently by far the most-watched streamer in the world. On the roleplay server “No Pixel 3.0” for GTA 5, he plays “X”, a rogue with impulse control issues. When xQc is not banned from No Pixel and is allowed to stream there, an average of over 100,000 people watch him explore the world of GTA 5 for between 10 and 16 hours.
  • The Twitch streamer “Adept” (27) lives with xQc. For a long time, it was unclear what their relationship was, but at some point, xQc cuddled her on stream, and since then it has been publicly known that they are a couple. Adept also plays on No Pixel, but as a police officer.

This is how the dispute began: The police officer Adept wanted to release the rogue X from custody. xQc was messing around with glitches – the police officer Adept seemed to want to take her time and deliberately delayed the release of xQc, saying she needed to look for her handcuffs and complete important paperwork. xQc shouted out that he was being unreasonably held up.

This is typical for xQc: He often accuses streamers playing police officers in GTA 5 of unnecessarily holding him up because they want to have him, the big Twitch celebrity, in their own stream to generate more viewers and attention. This is called “stalling”.

Once, xQc got so angry about it, that he shot two police officers from a prison cell.

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This is how the dispute escalated in GTA 5: At the moment when the police officer Adept releases the rogue X, he turns around, rushes at her, and punches her. Adept says: “I knew you would do that, you damn little bitch.”

Adept calls him back to order: “Stop it now, stop it now,” but X kicks her several times while the police officer is already on the ground and then runs away.

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Streamer Adept sobs after the incident, ends Twitch stream

This is what happened after the action: In the game, the police officer Adept talked with a colleague: During a conversation about her “boyfriend”, the mood gradually escalated. Adept actually wanted to continue playing, but the incident with xQc seemed to be bothering her, and about 20 minutes after the incident, one could hear in her voice that she was emotionally upset and began to sob.

In real life, Adept ended the stream and marched into xQc’s room to confront him. xQc was still streaming himself, had the microphone on, and said: He was in character in that situation and was angry at that moment. He was just playing.

But Adept did not accept that. xQc shouldn’t even start with that. He couldn’t excuse his actions by saying he was just acting as a character in GTA 5. His viewers wouldn’t know what kind of nonsense he was doing when there was no stream and no viewers present.

After that, xQc said nothing more, and there was an awkward silence. There was no facecam on, so we can only speculate whether xQc gestured to Adept to let her know that everything was going out on Twitch or if he had found the mute button after all.

In any case, xQc ended the Twitch stream a few minutes later after ten hours on air.

The dispute took place live on Twitch in front of about 160,000 people.

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xQc wants to stop roleplaying in GTA 5 or play a less severe character

These are the aftermaths: Adept apologized to her viewers on Twitter for ending the stream early. She said it’s not right for her character in service to cry. That would go against the role-play. But sometimes she could endure the “dogshit” and sometimes she couldn’t.

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xQc tweeted last night, as usual in all caps: Everyone thinks everything he does is “out of character”, that is, as xQc: Everyone is trying to make him look bad. Meanwhile, he is trying super hard to do good role-play.

But apparently, no one likes his character “X”, so he will either create a new character or completely stop role-playing.

Role-playing has its dangers, as can be seen from xQc’s example. A problematic example of questionable role-playing can also be found in the MMORPG World of Warcraft:

Does WoW really have a rape problem in Goldshire?

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Activision Blizzard is looking for 2,000 new employees – But for which games?

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Saturated 2,000 new developers seeks Activision Blizzard – and that in just 2 years. But for which games is that supposed to be?

Activision presented some exciting numbers in its quarterly financial report, especially regarding plans for the future. While in many other industries around the world, hiring considerations are approached hesitantly, Activision Blizzard aims to ramp up significantly. More than 2,000 new developers are to be hired.

What was said? The financial report mainly focused on revenue, which is in most cases better than previous projections. However, the more exciting part revolves around concrete plans for the future, which involve expanding the team.

Specifically, it states in Activision Blizzard’s presentation:

The demand for our content has never been greater, and we are increasing our investments to better satisfy our players and achieve even greater financial successes. We plan to hire more than 2,000 developers over the next 2 years (…).

It is also interesting that the size of some franchise teams is to be “tripled”. However, it is not specified which teams are involved in the tripling.

For which games are the developers? This remains a big secret; there are no concrete clues yet. However, it can already be inferred from the information of recent months where Activision Blizzard is increasing.

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A new shooter from Blizzard is expected – alongside Overwatch 2.

At least we know that Activision Blizzard is currently working on several mobile titles for the Warcraft franchise and recently sought developers for a brand new action game. It is quite possible that these games are slowly transitioning from the conceptual and planning phase into actual development, requiring more staff to implement these plans. This would at least explain why there is a massive search for new developers at this time.

However, it should be noted that the 2,000 employees are not only for Blizzard but for Activision Blizzard as a whole. Therefore, brands like Call of Duty or Candy Crush may also be affected.

New hires come after layoffs: The announcement of new hires fits Activision Blizzard’s previous plan. For several years, they have aimed to expand game development while simultaneously reducing staff in other areas. In all “non-development areas,” Activision Blizzard frequently lays off employees. Just a few weeks ago, about 190 employees were laid off, two years earlier it was 800 employees.

It is important to note that the layoffs occurred mainly in areas not directly related to game development. These primarily involved employees from the eSports sector and support.

Presumably, the new hires are also meant to fill some vacant positions, as several well-known developers from Activision Blizzard have left in recent years – such as Jeff Kaplan most recently.

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Destiny 2 presents roadmap for new Season 14 – What to expect until August

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Bungie has revealed what lies ahead in the new season of the Splicer in Destiny 2. We show you the English roadmap and explain which content is free and what the paid activities entail.

What’s new: Destiny 2 has officially introduced the Season of the Splicer (eng. Season of the Splicer). The new chapter of the action MMO is set to entertain you from May 11 to August 24.

Bungie has revealed the roadmap, essentially the schedule for Season 14, following the bombastic trailer. It contains exact dates for when each activity will go live over the next weeks and months, but there are also some secrets and gaps in the calendar.

Schedule for the Season of the Splicer in Destiny 2

This is the official roadmap for Season 14 in English:

Let’s see when the “new” raid comes, which events are upcoming, and what activities are in store. MeinMMO explains all the entries on the roadmap. We indicate with each point whether it’s content available only to season pass owners or if you can play for free as well.

This is what the season launch on May 11 looks like:

  • An intro mission introduces you to the story of the Fallen Splicers, Mithrax (cover image), and the digital hacker world (Free2Play).
  • Ada-1 returns to the Tower, finally bringing the cosmetic transmog feature that Guardians have been wanting since 2014 (Free2Play). Why there was criticism regarding transmog before its release, you can read here.
  • The “Endless Night” begins. The Vex have captured the last city in a simulation where the sun no longer rises. The goal of Season 14 will be to fight the Vex in their networks and end the simulation. (Free2Play)
  • The H.E.L.M. center in the Tower is being expanded: Here many story-relevant dialogues will take place, and you will access the Splicer technology. (Free2Play)
  • Stasis Aspect quests: In Season 14, you will continue to build out the Stasis focus. You can expect new aspects and fragments. What they can do specifically is currently unknown. In the trailer, however, a Titan with an ice spear was already seen. (Beyond Light)
  • Override activity starts: It is a new activity that comes with an automatic player search for 6 players. This is likely akin to a new horde mode, where you hack into the digital Vex world and steal codes. (Season pass owners) – for one week, however, all Guardians can try the new activity for free.
A Vex and likely a Splicer Servitor

Live content is also available: At the start of a new season, you traditionally receive some other content:

  • New season pass: In the Season of the Splicer, the season pass is divided into a free and a paid track. Here Guardians find seasonal weapons, armor sets, resources, boosters, glimmer, and plenty of cosmetics. Full access costs 1,000 Silver (about €10) – some content requires full access.
  • In the season pass, a new weapon exotic awaits you at full access right at level 1: “Kryosthesie 77K” is a Stasis pistol. This is special, as there has only been one Stasis weapon so far, and you carry it in the power slot. Traditionally, this exotic is also available at level 35 on the Free2Play track.
  • Seasonal artifact: You level this item passively through playing, gaining access to powerful mods and earning an (additional) power advantage.
  • The new maximum power level without artifact is, by the way, 1,320 in Season 14. So you save quite a bit of grind, as the jump of +10 is significantly smaller than in the past.
  • There are again new triumphs and seals to chase. The gilding of titles is continued, so you can showcase your power.

Additionally, the Eververse will again be waiting for you with many cosmetics and will plunder your hard-earned silver or glimmer account.

Check out the German announcement trailer with flashy neon colors and synthetic beats here:

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What changes the Season of the Splicer brings for balance and sandbox, you can read here:

What’s coming to Destiny 2 in May

  • Trials of Osiris: The first Trials of Osiris will start on May 14. Whether this endgame PvP activity offers new weapons or armor sets is currently unknown. (Free2Play)
  • Override: A new Override mission on the Moon starts on May 18. (Season pass owners)
  • Iron Banner: The first Iron Banner event of Season 14 also kicks off on May 18. Lord Saladin brings you 4 new weapons. (Season pass owners)
  • “New” raid: On May 22, the Vault of Glass will open its doors. This is the very first raid in Destiny’s history that many Guardians are looking forward to and nostalgically remember. With the raid, famous weapons like “Fatebringer” will also return. (Free2Play)
  • Override: A new Override mission will start in the Tangled Shore from May 25. (Season pass owners)

This is what summer 2021 looks like for Guardians

After the first weeks of a season, when you usually don’t know what to play first, the roadmap tends to become more sparse towards the end. It’s the same this time as well, and summer 2021 seems sparse – at least for now.

What’s coming in July:

  • Purge: On July 1, the Purge activity will start. Bungie describes this as a mission that rewards you with top loot and in which you infiltrate and attack new weak points in the Vex network from the inside. The mission receives a weekly update, but we only list it here once. (Season pass owners)
  • The second Iron Banner of Season 14 starts on June 8 (Free2Play).
  • Raid challenges: Starting June 15, the Vault of Glass will have a challenge mode. What it will look like or if better rewards will be offered is currently unknown. (Free2Play)
  • The third Iron Banner event will take place on June 29. (Free2Play)
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This is what the gear of the Vault of Glass looked like in Destiny 1 – what awaits us now?

This event the July offers:

  • Solstice of Heroes: On July 8, the Solstice event starts. Traditionally, you review the past Destiny year and earn a very elaborate armor set that stands out. (Free2Play)
  • The raid becomes harder: The Vault of Glass will also receive a higher difficulty on July 8. We still can’t say what will change with that. (Free2Play)

What changes the Season of the Splicer brings for balance and sandbox, you can read here:

More about Season 14 on MeinMMO:

What about August?

  • On August 3, the Solstice of Heroes ends
  • Also on August 3, the fourth Iron Banner event of the season starts.
  • From August 10, the “Epilogue” starts. So far, nothing is known about it. You only see an image of 4 Guardians looking at a city from a distance. Is it the Last City? Because there’s no sign of the Traveler, and the endless night seems not to be over on August 11.

Here you get an overview of all the content and which of them require owning the Season Pass:

Source: Bungie

What secrets does Season 14 hold?

The last entry on every roadmap is always “And more…” This gives Guardians hope every time that some highlight might still be hidden.

In the current Season 13, for example, the unannounced Harbinger mission surprised. The trip on the spooky ghost ship is considered by many to be the best mission that Destiny 2 has to offer.

Whether we will see such a high-caliber mission again can only be speculated. However, it can be safely assumed that there will definitely be an exotic weapon coming.

These exotics are confirmed: Not prominently featured in the trailer for the new season, but on Bungie’s website, we find one pair of exotic boots each for Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks:

  • Star-Eater Scales: Hunter boots that charge your super quickly and make it stronger.
  • Path of Burning Steps: Titan boots that strengthen your weapons after solar kills and provide resistance to Stasis.
  • Boots of the Artificer: Warlock boots that send the healing or empowering effects of the Rift to your allies at range – sounds like the Lumina revolver as shoes.
The new exotic boots for Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks from Season 14

Whether we will get the new exotic armors only through legendary “Lost Sectors” again, or if they will be random drops, is currently unclear. That no new PvP map appears on the roadmap is also a disappointment for many.

What impression does the Season of the Splicer make on you so far? Do you think the content of the roadmap will keep you busy long, or do you hope for one or the other secret? Let us know in the comments.

We at MeinMMO will actively follow Season 14 of Destiny 2 throughout its duration, providing you with guides, tips, and news.

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Players in Valheim show cool secret room where you can hide treasures

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

In Valheim, players have built a secret room in their house and used it as a hideout. The principle behind it is very simple.

What kind of room is this? In a video, a Valheim player is seen walking through his team’s house and simply walking through a wall. He then walks down a staircase and arrives in a kind of bathroom with a table full of drinks and food. In this hideout, he sits in the water and enjoys his time.

How does the secret wall work? At the spot where the player walks through the wall, pieces of fences can be seen. With the Gizmo mod (via Thunderstore), these fence pieces can be rotated and then attached sideways to the ground. It looks as if there is a solid wall in that spot. However, the player can simply walk through. Chairs can also serve as entrances to hideouts in Valheim.

Player 16bitfighter explains it this way:

We used Gizmo. The mod allows you to rotate a regular fence piece sideways. Then, it is pushed halfway into the ground with guide rods and “snapped” together.

This is what the hideout looks like in the game:

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What do players think about the video? The secret room is well received by Valheim fans. Here are some of the comments from reddit:

  • BVCLEI is thrilled with the bathroom (via reddit): “Beautiful. When I look at this, I picture how the temperature feels and what it must smell like.”
  • magicpomelo thinks (via reddit): “That’s fantastic!”
  • OutdoorAdventurer writes (via reddit): “Crap, now the secret is out!”

More about Valheim builds:

What is a hideout good for? Such a secret room can be used for various purposes. For example, players could store their treasures there or hide from enemies. A treasure chamber that is not immediately recognizable as such might be appealing to some Valheim players.

Of course, OutdoorAdventurer is right. The secret is no longer a secret. You basically just have to look for walls that look like in the video above. It should be clear that there is a hidden room behind it. But first, every player needs to know the trick with the fences.

What do you think about this secret room? Do you want to build something like this in your Valheim fortress?

The survival game Valheim may soon be experienced with even more players. Ambitious Vikings want to turn Valheim into an MMO with 1000 players.

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CoD Cold War & Warzone: Secure new free DLC for Season 3 with PS Plus

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As part of Season 3 of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and CoD: Warzone players with PS Plus on PS4 and PS5 can claim a new exclusive bundle of cosmetic items – the Season 3 Combat Pack. Find out here what exactly is included in the new mini-DLC and how to get it.

What kind of DLC is this? Currently, the 3rd joint season is running for CoD Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. As part of the Season 3, traditional PS Plus-exclusive content for players on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 is once again available – the “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Combat Pack (Comandante)”.

This is a fresh mini-DLC that provides PS Plus members with some cosmetic extras on Sony consoles.

Contents of the Season 3 Combat Pack

What’s included in the new Combat Pack for Season 3: The bundle contains almost exclusively cosmetic items. Specifically, you can expect:

  • an epic skin for Operator Garcia
  • an epic blueprint for the assault rifle FFAR 1
  • an epic weapon talisman
  • an epic emblem
  • an epic wrist accessory (watch)
  • a legendary calling card
  • a token for 60 minutes of double XP

Where can you use all of this? The items from the bundle can be used in Black Ops Cold War and also in Warzone.

The contents in the video:

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How to get the new Cold War Combat Pack

The requirements: To use the operator skin (also in Warzone), you must own CoD Black Ops Cold War. You also need to play on PS4 or PS5 and be an active member of PlayStation Plus. This pack is exclusively reserved for PS Plus subscribers. For the remaining items from the new Combat Pack, it is sufficient to simply play Warzone on PlayStation. Of course, you also have access to it in Cold War.

How to get the new Combat Pack: The current Combat Pack can already be claimed – completely free of charge aside from the PS Plus subscription. To secure it, you have the following options:

You can follow this link to the PlayStation Store (keep in mind, you must be logged in):

Otherwise, you can also download the bundle via the PlayStation Store on your PS4/PS5 console or get it through the in-game shop.

Also interesting:

What about other platforms? There is no way to get this free DLC on Xbox or PC. Even on PlayStation, you are out of luck without an active PS Plus membership. How long this will remain the case and whether it will change at all is currently unknown.

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Blizzard talks about the release of Diablo Immortal – Should still be released in 2021

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There is now a view on the release date of Diablo Immortal. On the night of May 5th, Activision Blizzard released the latest quarterly report. It included the revenues of the games, but also a look ahead to the year 2021.

What does Blizzard say? During the call, it was stated that Diablo Immortal is on schedule for a global release later in 2021. There is no specific date yet, but at least a hint that it is still expected this year.

This is the first time that Blizzard has provided a release window for Diablo Immortal. Even at BlizzCon 2021, they remained completely tight-lipped regarding the release.

Only the Chinese developer NetEase claimed that the game was finished, but that was at the end of 2019. Blizzard denied this assertion at the time and reported that development was still very much ongoing.

You can watch the first 25 minutes of Diablo Immortal in this YouTube video:

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Diablo Immortal faced a poor reception at the announcement, but it is changing

How has Immortal developed? Diablo Immortal was first announced in 2018 at BlizzCon and did not receive a favorable reaction. Fans were hoping for a Diablo 4 and were disappointed by the announcement of a mobile game. The mood soured and there was the famous outburst questioning whether the announcement was an April Fool’s joke.

However, the reputation of the mobile game has somewhat changed:

Blizzard has repeatedly emphasized that Diablo Immortal will also be released in the usual ‘Blizzard quality’. Moreover, Diablo Immortal and CoD: Mobile are said to be just the beginnings in mobile gaming for Activision Blizzard.

What about the other Diablo titles? Another positive aspect for Diablo fans is the other two games currently in development.

What do you think of Diablo Immortal? Are you excited for the mobile game or are you ignoring it? Feel free to share your thoughts in the embedded poll and in the comments.

For us at MeinMMO, Immortal is one of the most interesting MMORPGs coming to market this year. You can find more exciting titles here: The 8 most promising new MMOs and MMORPGs for 2021.

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Neymar’s perfect team in FIFA 21 is now even more perfect

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 2 minutes

The football star Neymar is apparently active not only in real, but also in virtual stadiums. In FIFA 21, the Brazilian has an extremely powerful team – and it keeps getting stronger.

This is what Neymar’s team looks like right now: Neymar is no stranger in the world of video games. Logically, the Paris Saint-Germain forward is playable in the FIFA series, but also in Fortnite he just received a unique skin.

Neymar himself apparently also actively plays FIFA. Players on Reddit occasionally post that they faced the Brazilian as an opponent. How can you tell? In Neymar’s Ultimate Team, there is his personal Pro card, which only real football players receive to be able to field themselves in FUT.

They are then equipped with 99 ratings, making each Pro card one of the absolute top players in Ultimate Team. However, Neymar also has the advantage of individual animations, as well as 5 stars for weak foot and skills. In short: His Pro card is definitely among the best offensive cards that you can have in FIFA.

But his overall team is also impressive, as Reddit user “PxddlezOnYt” proves. He recently faced the forward in FUT and shared a screenshot of the team on Reddit:

Neymar Team FIFA 21
User “PxddlezOnYt” faced Neymar’s Pro card and showed on Reddit what his team looked like

Neymar has further improved his impressive team

Here’s what Neymar has improved: Earlier posts had the Neymar team admired by the community. After all, it includes not only Neymar’s Pro card but also players like TOTY Messi or the Icon card of Gullit in the center. Two months ago, it looked like a team that you really wouldn’t want to play against.

Now it has gotten even worse.

  • For example, the Team-of-the-Year card of Ramos replaced the Icon card of Maldini, which is four overall rating points stronger.
  • Left back now features FUT-Birthday-Mendy, a feared meta player.
  • And up front, Neymar now has the Moments card of Brazilian legend Kaká alongside Pelé. Before, he only had the Prime card (or relied on Ronaldinho).
  • Right back now stands the Moments version of Carlos Alberto, instead of the Prime variant.

Ah yes, and up front, there’s also TOTY Cristiano Ronaldo, who replaced Brazilian Ronaldo. In short: Neymar has a pretty perfect team.

Neymar’s already practically invincible team is now even more brutally set up in numbers. However, against the Reddit user, that apparently wasn’t enough – in his screenshot, he showed an end result of 4:3.

Building such a team is likely an impossible task for most players – even aside from the already inaccessible Neymar card. The pack system in FIFA 21 makes it difficult to acquire top players in FUT, which often leads to criticism. And also a new item in the FUT shop caused frustration among players.

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WoW: Patch 9.1 brings the perfect change for twinks and legendary items

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A change on the PTR of Patch 9.1 in World of Warcraft brings positive vibes. The accumulated Soul Ash finally has a purpose again.

Patch 9.1 Chains of Domination of World of Warcraft is currently on the PTR and regularly brings new features. One of them should delight fans of alternate characters. Because soon there will be the possibility to transfer Soul Ash between characters, thus reducing the farm time for individual characters. However, some Soul Ash will be lost in the process.

What item is available? On the PTR, the item “Packed Soul Ash” has been discovered. This is an account-bound item that costs 1,500 Soul Ash and grants 1,300 Soul Ash upon use. With Soul Ash, you craft legendary items or upgrade them in Shadowlands.

WoW Packed Soul Ash Item
A new item from Patch 9.1.

What does the item do? With this item, it will be possible to transfer Soul Ash between characters. There will be several options available. For example, you can:

  • Send Soul Ash from your main character to twinks so they can craft a high-ranking legendary item early.
  • Alternatively, you can send the Soul Ash from twinks to your main character if you want to possess all legendary items with him – for whatever reason.

Basically, players have more freedom in how they want to farm Soul Ash. For instance, if someone doesn’t enjoy playing a Paladin in Torghast and prefers to go there as a Mage, they could collect the Soul Ash with the Mage and then send it to their Paladin.

Note that when purchasing the item, approximately 13% of the Soul Ash is lost. Of the purchase price of 1,500 Soul Ash, only 1,300 Soul Ash remains.

It is still unclear whether the item needs to be unlocked or if all characters can purchase it immediately. According to the item description, it will be sold by Ve’nari in the Maw.

More about WoW: Shadowlands can be found here:

More twink-friendly features in Shadowlands are the goal: Although Shadowlands has an alternative leveling path for alternate characters with the Threads of Fate, many players find the twink-friendliness of the expansion rather low. Massive grinds like Anima to upgrade the Sanctum hinder the enjoyment of playing secondary characters. With adjustments like this to Soul Ash, Blizzard is taking small steps to satisfy players.

When will the item be available? Probably with the release of Patch 9.1. It is still on the PTR, and there is currently no release date. However, no one should expect the patch’s release before mid-June.

What do you think about the possibility of being able to send Soul Ash back and forth between your characters? A good opportunity to get rid of all the ash from your main character? Or do you not have any leftovers anyway?

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ESO gets 10 new armor sets with Blackwood – Here is what they have to offer

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 5 minutes

With the Blackwood addon, new sets are coming to the MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online (PC, PS4/PS5, and Xbox One as well as Xbox Series X). We present these sets to you.

If you enjoy collecting armor sets in ESO, Blackwood will be a pleasure for you. You can find the sets both in the Dark Forest zone and in the trial “Felsheim”. Some can also be crafted. The methods to earn the sets in the new expansion are not unusual.

Of course, a bit of grinding is again required to obtain the individual pieces. However, this is also the case with the previous sets that you can already find in ESO.

We present the individual armor sets to you, explain where you can find the pieces, and what exactly it brings you if you wear several or even all items of a set. Additionally, we have an assessment of the respective sets from the official ESO streamer MiezeMelli. You can find her on Twitch or Twitter.

You can watch the new sets from Blackwood here in this video by YouTuber ArzyeL Gaming:

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This article was originally published on April 26 and updated on May 5. There we have added the assessments from MiezeMelli.

These sets are added with ESO: Blackwood

Bahsei’s Mania

  • You obtain the set through the new trial (light armor only)
  • 2 items: Adds 129 spell damage
  • 3 items: Permanent minor slayer, increases your damage in dungeons, trials, and against arena monsters by 5%
  • 4 items: Adds 657 critical spell damage
  • 5 items: Increases your damage against NPC enemies by up to 15% based on your missing Magicka

The perfect version additionally provides another 129 spell damage with 5 items.

What is this set good for? PvE, Magicka DD Builds.

How useful is it? Not very useful, as current player and group survivability (sustain) is very good, making it rare to achieve a high effect through the 5-piece bonus. Becomes better with poor sustain.

Moorslayer

  • You obtain the set in the new area (light, medium, and heavy)
  • 2 items: Adds 1096 maximum Magicka
  • 3 items: Adds 1206 maximum health
  • 4 items: Adds 1096 maximum stamina
  • 5 items: When a foe you have recently damaged dies, you gain 10 ultimate and your health regeneration increases by 1156 for 10 seconds. This effect can be repeated every 10 seconds.

What is this set good for? Stamina and Magicka DD Builds.

How useful is it? This set is interesting as a grinding setup and in certain situations in trials as a trash fight setup, allowing for more frequent ultimate ability usage (comparable to Totwater’s Pieces).

Deadlands Assassin

  • You obtain the set in the new area (light, medium, and heavy)
  • 2 items: Adds 129 weapon damage
  • 3 items: Adds 129 weapon damage
  • 4 items: Adds 1096 maximum stamina
  • 5 items: When you deal damage to an enemy within 10 meters with a heavy attack, you throw a cone of knives that deals physical damage to the affected enemies. If a hit enemy has 50% health or less, they also take 13 seconds of additional bleeding damage, based on the higher of weapon or spell damage.

What is this set good for? Stamina DD Builds.

How useful is it? In PvE, light attacks are stronger than heavy attacks at the moment, making this set less interesting.

Victory of the Diamond

  • You can craft the set (light, medium, and heavy)
  • 2 items: Adds 129 weapon or spell damage
  • 3 items: Adds 657 critical chance
  • 4 items: Adds 129 weapon or spell damage
  • 5 items: Dealing direct melee damage grants you 5 seconds of ranged superiority, adding 437 weapon and spell damage to your damage over time and ranged attacks. Dealing direct ranged damage grants you 5 seconds of melee superiority, adding 437 weapon and spell damage to your melee attacks.

What is this set good for? Stamina and Magicka DD Builds.

How useful is it? Interesting only for combinations like Magicka DD with melee spammable or Stamina DD with bow backbar. However, only part of the skills get buffed, so likely other sets with effects on all skills will be stronger.

Frostbite

  • You obtain the set in the new area (light, medium, and heavy)
  • 2 items: Adds 129 spell damage
  • 3 items: Adds 657 critical spell
  • 4 items: Adds 129 spell damage
  • 5 items: Increases your damage with frost abilities by 6%. Increases your damage against chilled enemies by 4%. Increases damage against enemies affected by Minor Brittle by 2%.

What is this set good for? PvP and battlegrounds.

How useful is it? Thinkable on a Guardian Frost build for battlegrounds.

Heartlander Overlord

  • You can craft the set (light, medium, and heavy)
  • 2 items: Adds 129 weapon or spell damage
  • 3 items: Adds 196 maximum Magicka
  • 4 items: Adds 1096 maximum stamina
  • 5 items: Increases the effectiveness of your weapon traits by 100%. This does not affect the traits “Decorated” or “Intricate”.

What is this set good for? PvP.

How useful is it? Sounds like an interesting damage set for PvP.

Hist Whisperer

  • You can craft the set (light, medium, and heavy)
  • 2 items: Adds 129 health regeneration
  • 3 items: Adds 129 stamina regeneration
  • 4 items: Adds 129 Magicka regeneration
  • 5 items: When you deal damage with a light or medium attack, you heal for 318 health and recover 318 stamina and Magicka. When you deal damage with a fully charged heavy attack, you heal for 636 health and recover 636 stamina and Magicka.

What is this set good for? PvP.

How useful is it? Sounds like a very interesting set for sustain in PvP.

Saxhleel Champion

  • You obtain the set through the new trial (heavy armor only)
  • 2 items: Adds 1096 maximum Magicka
  • 3 items: You receive a small Aegis at all times, reducing your damage taken from dungeons, trials, and arena monsters by 5%.
  • 4 items: Increases maximum stamina by 1096
  • 5 items: When you use an ultimate ability, you and up to 11 group members within 28 meters of you gain “Great Force” for 21 seconds, increasing critical damage dealt by 20%. This effect can occur once every 30 seconds.

The perfect version additionally provides another 1096 maximum stamina with 5 items.

What is this set good for? Tank and healer in PvE.

How useful is it? The last bonus is very interesting. Since healers and tanks often play the War Horn from the Alliance War as an ulti (this provides the same effect). In the future, one might replace this ulti with the set and take another ulti for even more damage.

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Oath of the Stone Speaker

  • You obtain the set through the new trial (light armor only)
  • 2 items: Adds 129 Magicka regeneration
  • 3 items: You receive a small Aegis at all times, reducing your damage taken from dungeons, trials, and arena monsters by 5%.
  • 4 items: Adds another 129 Magicka regeneration
  • 5 items: Your fully charged heavy attacks place a soul bomb on the target, which charges when the target takes damage. After 10 seconds, the bomb explodes, restoring 5% of the damage taken in the form of stamina and Magicka, up to 2240 stamina and Magicka, for 12 group members within 16 meters of the explosion. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds.

The perfect version additionally provides another 1096 maximum Magicka with 5 items.

What is this set good for? Healer in PvE.

How useful is it? Could be interesting as sustain sets for Magicka and stamina groups (comparable to Hollow Tooth).

Sul-Xan’s Torment

  • You obtain the set through the new trial (medium armor only)
  • 2 items: Adds 129 weapon damage
  • 3 items: Increases the damage you deal to dungeon, trial, and arena monsters by 5%.
  • 4 items: Adds 657 critical weapon damage
  • 5 items: When an enemy you have recently damaged dies, they leave behind a vengeful soul for 6 seconds. You can only generate one vengeful soul at a time. Touching the soul increases your weapon critical by 2160 and your critical damage by 12% for 30 seconds.

The perfect version additionally provides another 657 weapon critical with 5 items.

What is this set good for? Stamina DD in PvE.

How useful is it? Sounds interesting for a setup in arenas or dungeons for stamina DDs, but more challenging in trials due to positioning.

These are the new sets coming with ESO: Blackwood. What do you think of these? And which ones do you believe will be particularly useful?

There is also a quite exciting change in ESO: The MMORPG introduces new quests with which you can earn shop items.

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Nearly 100 players attempt to crash the servers in CoD Warzone with a massive explosion

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With a pretty well-organized attack, a large group of players in CoD Warzone set out to hit the new map with a big explosion. Led by YouTuber MarleyThirteen, the plan was executed – and not for the first time.

This was the plan: The fact that the old map in CoD Warzone had just said goodbye with a big explosion event for Season 3 apparently wasn’t enough for YouTuber MarleyThirteen. In other words: He apparently took the map change as an opportunity to trigger a pretty big explosion with the help of an armada of teammates – causing the server connection to give out.

He now attempted to repeat this feat on the new map, Verdansk ’84. How it looked is shown in a new video:

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Servers go down again

This is how it went this time: As the YouTuber explains, the decision to cause another big explosion was made with the release of the new map. They now knew how to do it.

With the help of a complete custom lobby, they worked to position as many vehicles as possible in one spot. At one point, 96 people were involved in the implementation, kills were forbidden.

They chose a spot near the under-construction stadium. After slight problems and early explosions occurred during the gathering of vehicles last time, it was pointed out this time to please park as orderly as possible.

In a short time, a large pile of vehicles had gathered again. A few shots were fired early, and even a car was blown up. But there was no premature big bang – that didn’t take long to happen.

CoD Warzone
The pile of vehicles was prepared neatly
Source: MarleyThirteen/YouTube

This is how it ended: Once everything was gathered, the players called for previously collected airstrikes. They struck and set the pile of vehicles ablaze. The explosions came, more and more vehicles went up in smoke – and then it was over. With the message “Server Snapshot Error”, the connection said goodbye. The goal was achieved.

“That was insane, guys. Consider Verdansk ’84 broken,” MarleyThirteen cheered. This time it worked right on the first try – the last attempt took three tries.

With the vehicles, they managed to create another massive explosion on screen. Overall, the vehicles are drawing attention to themselves. This applies to the truck “Big Bertha”, which is itself a pretty powerful weapon in the Warzone.

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Destiny 2: Weekly Reset on 04.05. – The Finale of the Guardian Games and Season 13 starts

Philipp Hansen Philipp Hansen Reading time 3 minutes

In Destiny 2 today, on May 4th, the last week of Season 13 begins. The finale of the Guardian Games kicks things off. Bungie has finally presented the new season with a cool trailer.

Current standings in the competition: Today, May 4th, the Guardian Games 2021 enter their final round. Weeks 1 and 2 were decisively won by the Hunters – congratulations!

Next week, on May 11th, the new Season 14 will start. So you don’t have much longer to claim rewards from the Season Pass. Bungie is already heating you up for the Season of the Splicer with a new trailer.

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During the hustle and bustle of the return of the Glass Chamber and the awards ceremony in the Guardian Games, don’t forget to deconstruct all your 1,000 shaders. Otherwise, they will dissolve into nothing, and you’ll miss out on a fortune.

What you can expect in the new season, we have taken a look at here: Trailer for Season 14 shows new weapons and old enemies. Everything else we know about the new season can be found here in the handy overview:

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By the way, Bungie is giving you double Infamy until the next reset – so head into Gambit. What else does this Destiny week have to offer?

The most important information about the activities from 04.05. to 11.05.

In the Nightfall: The Ordeal, you’ll fight through

  • The Arms Dealer

You only have one week left here for a chance at “Shadow Price” – because the rare Nightfall weapons are taking a break. Additionally, the other Nightfalls are also selectable for top performers, so title hunters can check off their lists.

Playlist Strikes come with these modifiers:

  • Arc Singe
  • Wrecking
  • Grounded

The Singe modifier remains identical until the next reset, while the other two modifiers change daily at 7:00 PM.

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In the strike “The Arms Dealer” you’ll face the Cabal

Crucible: Lord Shaxx is proud of you in these modes:

  • Private Match
  • Rumble
  • Control
  • Elimination
  • Glory Survival
  • Glory Survival: Freelance
  • Mayhem

Petra Venj stands at the pavilion in the region “The Shore” (In the Dreaming City, the Curse is at Level 1). In the 2nd Ascendant Challenge you can prove yourself.

These are the sources for Powerful Loot in Season 13 of Destiny 2

This is how Powerful Loot is categorized in Destiny 2: Powerful Loot comes in several tiers, granting you different Power boosts. Accordingly, higher tiers also grant higher Power boosts.

  • Tier 1 (up to +3 above your current Power level)
  • Tier 2 (up to +4 above your current Power level)
  • Tier 3 (up to +5 above your current Power level)
  • Top Gear (+5 or more above Power level. The only gear that goes above 1300 and up to a maximum of 1310 – after that, level jumps are reduced by +1)

Sources for Powerful Loot in Season 13: 

Tier 1:

  • Complete 8 Crucible bounties
  • 7 wins in the Glory Crucible playlist
  • Complete 8 Gambit bounties
  • Complete 8 Variks bounties
  • Complete the Nightfall: The Ordeal
  • Win 7 rounds in Survival
  • Loot from the Wrathborn Hunt
  • Imperials Hunt
  • Battlegrounds (goes up to Tier 3)

Tier 2:

  • Collect Clan XP for Hawthorne

Tier 3:

  • Decoding Exotic Engrams
  • Exotic Quests
  • Primus Engrams

Top Loot:

In Season 14, your Power level will only increase to 1,320 next week. This means if you work hard now, you only need to grind for the top loot.

Destiny 2 Guardian Games title
The “Highscore” emote is on sale this week
  • The Exotic Sparrow “Honor Lap”
  • The Exotic Ghost Shell “Plush Shell”
  • The Exotic Ship “The Favor”
  • The Exotic Emote “Just Juggling”
  • The Legendary Emote “Highscore”

You can get the universal ornaments of the event armors as a set for 6,000 Silver Dust for each class.

How are you spending the last week of Season 13? Have you completed everything, or are you benefiting from the fact that many of the contents are also playable throughout Year 4? And what content from the recently announced Season of the Splicer are you looking forward to?

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Here is a simple trick to bypass the armor bug in Outriders

Tarek Zehrer Tarek Zehrer Reading time 2 minutes

In Outriders a bug has been driving players crazy since the last patch, related to their armor. The community has discovered a trick that seems to help with the issue.

What kind of bug is it? Since the last update, numerous players have been complaining that they can suddenly take significantly less damage in the endgame of Outriders than before.

They are being knocked out by numerous, even the smallest enemies, with just one hit.

What is the cause? No one knows for sure. There is currently no official statement from People Can Fly regarding the exact cause of the problem.

What is certain is that the problem occurred with the last patch, and there is no fix as of now. Reddit user Thorkle 13 (via reddit) has introduced a trick that at least temporarily helps with the bug.

If you want to avoid the nasty bug, you have to undress

What kind of trick is this? After growing frustration from failed expedition attempts, Thorkle 13 tried some things.

In desperation, he removed all of his gear and then put it back on. According to him, the next expedition went much better: “I think my armor literally didn’t work until I took it off and put it back on, because before I could take a maximum of 10% damage. After using this fix, about 30-40% was mitigated.”

While this doesn’t make him a tank god, at least he has a chance against enemies again. It’s important to repeat this after every expedition. In his post, he asks other players to try it as well and share their experiences.

Several other players then reported that they confirm Thorkle 13’s impression. The trick apparently works for many, at least they report that on reddit.

Does the armor value even work?

This is what the players suspect: Reports on reddit suggest that the trick needs to be used again after each expedition to maintain the effect. This leads to speculation. Does the game not properly recognize the players’ gear?

User funforreal9 (via reddit) draws a possible connection to another bug that has been released since the patch. Items are displayed as new in the inventory after each loading sequence, even if they are already equipped.

Some players now suspect that the game no longer properly recognizes the equipped armor, and certain values may not be active at all.

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Therefore, one apparently has to remove and re-equip their equipment to let everything run normally. Some even suspect that physical defense doesn’t work at all and can only be compensated through defensive mods.

As there is still no statement from the developers regarding the issue, the speculation will likely continue for some time. You can find out what else went wrong with the update in our summary: Outriders: New patch brings new problems: “It is now worse than at release”

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FIFA 21: Here is a better alternative to POTM Haaland

Julian Schröder Julian Schröder Reading time < 1 minutes

EA has just announced the new Bundesliga POTM in FIFA 21. The winner is Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund and we show you whether the new card is worth it for your team.

What is POTM? “POTM” stands for “Player of the Month” – which means Player of the Month. It is awarded once a month for different leagues in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team.

For the Bundesliga, this time Erling Haaland won the fan voting. He is receiving his second POTM card in FUT 21 and is now the Player of the Month for April.

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Haaland is Competing Against Himself

This is what the new POTM card can do: The stats of the new Haaland card are really strong and offer outstanding stats in all relevant areas. POTM-Haaland is lightning-fast, physically strong, and has incredible shooting stats, though they are somewhat marred by his 3-star weak foot.

However, there is strong competition: Haaland himself has another 91-rated card in the game that offers identical stats and is even slightly stronger in passing and dribbling. This is Haaland’s Headliners card.

Here you can compare both cards:

To add the new POTM card of Haaland to your team, you need to complete a proud 4 SBC tasks and exchange numerous cards. Here are the requirements:

  • Task 1: A team with 83 rating, team chemistry of 89, and one in-form player is required
  • Task 2: A team rating of 84 is required with a chemistry of 75
  • Task 3: You need one in-form player in a team with an 85 rating and a chemistry of 65
  • Task 4: A strong 86-rated team must be submitted with a team chemistry of 55

In total, you will need to invest around 320,000 coins (as of May 4 at 5:30 PM) if you cannot give away any players from your own club.

Is POTM Haaland worth it? If you want to play with a fast striker with great shooting stats and outstanding physicality in your team, then Haaland is a good choice. However, you should rather use his Headliners card. This card offers the same stats as POTM-Haaland and costs roughly the same number of coins:

  • POTM-Haaland costs about 320,000 coins
  • Headliners-Haaland costs about 330,000 coins

Another advantage is that Haaland’s Headliners card can get even better. Once Haaland makes it into a TOTW (Team of the Week), the card will receive an additional rating upgrade. Additionally, you can sell it if you do not like it.

The POTM card of Haaland is worth it only for players who have plenty of SBC fodder in their club and can acquire the card much cheaper.

But in both cases, it might also be worth waiting for the Bundesliga TOTS, where another and possibly even stronger Haaland card could be coming to the players.

If you’re looking for strong TOTS cards, we have a few budget-friendly recommendations for you:

3 budget-friendly TOTS players who are still strong

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Destiny 2: Trailer for Season 14 shows new weapons and old enemies

Philipp Hansen Philipp Hansen Reading time 4 minutes

In Destiny 2, the “Season of the Splicer” has been officially announced. Check out the cool new trailer for Season 14 and get the first information about the story, the new weapons and Exotics, and why you will soon become a master hacker.

Here are the new details: Bungie has finally spilled the beans and officially announced the new Season 14. In the Season of the Splicer, we team up with the Fallen to stop the time-traveling Vex.

When does the season start? The new season releases on May 11 and runs until August 24. Bungie has now revealed additional details:

  • The trailer gets you excited for the new season
  • We have received a first glimpse into the seasonal story
  • 2 new activities and a returning raid have been shown
  • Over 30 new legendary weapons await to be hunted
  • 4 Exotics from Season 14 have already been shown

Check out the new trailer here: Guardians are always especially looking forward to the new trailers and cinematics from Bungie. And the new trailer for the Season of the Splicer is once again really cool.

Enjoy the clip with catchy 80s synthesizer music and retro neon colors here in German:

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These contents await you in the Season of the Splicer

This is the seasonal story: The Vex have managed to plunge the Last City into endless darkness and trap us in a simulation where the sun no longer rises. Therefore, you must team up with the Fallen and hack the Vex network from within.

Our old friend Mithrax will assist us in this effort and use the forbidden Splicer technology. The Splicers are essentially technology shamans who worship SIVA and other mysterious devices and nearly wiped out humanity once.

Two new activities provide variety in PvE

  • Override: A 6-player activity with integrated matchmaking. You are supposed to hack into a Vex network together and steal a code.
  • Tildung: You are to advance weekly into an evolving Vex architecture, using Splicer keys to open vulnerabilities and bring the Vex down from within.
A first look at the activities “Override” and “Tildung”

Additionally, your H.E.L.M. base in the Tower will be expanded. Here you can then access Splicer technology yourself.

The Vault of Glass opens again

This is the “new” raid: It was already known beforehand that the “Vault of Glass” returns as a raid. This is the very first raid in Destiny’s history, which originally opened its doors in 2014.

In the trailer, we only saw the famous entrance area on Venus. Starting from May 22, you can see for yourself why veterans have been raving about their adventures on Venus for years.

The entrance to the Vault of Glass on Venus

All the new activities should remain relevant throughout Year 4 in the game. Because Destiny 2 is moving away from FOMO (Fear of Mission Out, or fear of missing out). So you can also catch up on content from the expiring Season 13.

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This is the new legendary and exotic loot

Bungie mentions that you can hunt over 30 new and revamped legendary weapons in Season 14. These will be divided among the Trials, Iron Banner, the new activities, the raid, and surely also a quest weapon.

We have already seen some of the new Splicer weapons in action in the trailer. Additionally, Bungie shared a screenshot of it:

These are likely the new weapons from the seasonal activities

Which Exotics do we know? Bungie has presented 4 new Exotics directly:

  • Kryosthesie 77K: An exotic Stasis sidearm. This is special since there is only one Stasis weapon so far, and you carry it in the power slot. The weapon is likely to be included in the new season pass and also available to Free2Play Guardians.
  • Stellar Hunter’s Boots: Exotic Hunter boots that charge and enhance your super quickly.
  • Path of Burning Steps: Exotic Titan boots that enhance your weapons after a Solar kill and are said to withstand Stasis better.
  • Boots of the Tinkerer: Exotic Warlock boots that send the healing or empowering powers of the Rift to your allies at range – sounds like the Lumina Revolver as a shoe.

With great certainty, there is still a secret Exotic waiting to be found by you. Additionally, there is also a new seasonal artifact that raises your power level and provides you with useful mods. Moreover, the long-demanded cosmetic feature of real Transmog is the focus of the new season.

What do you think of the new trailer? Are you excited that Destiny 2 is going all Cyberpunk and are already eager for the Season of the Splicer? Let us know in the comments.

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Activision Blizzard turns every studio they buy into a ‘Call of Duty’ factory

Jürgen Horn Jürgen Horn Reading time 3 minutes

Meanwhile, publishers Activision Blizzard have 9 studios. However, each one of them is more or less involved in a single franchise: Call of Duty! Find out here what is in the big CoD factory and what comes out of it.

Who is currently working on Call of Duty? When a studio is acquired by Activision Blizzard, the employed developers should bring a certain passion for shooting, weapons, and soldiers, as it seems inevitable to work for the popular Call of Duty franchise.

Recently, this was the case with the studio “Toys for Bob”. They had developed the game “Crash Bandicoot” in 2020, but now they are – in addition to supporting Crash Bandicoot – also part of the CoD machine and are diligently putting out content for Season 3 of Warzone. By the way, Crash Bandicoot is one of the top 5 co-op games for Xbox Series X and S.

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Thus, all new studios owned by Activision Blizzard are somehow working with CoD. In addition to the previously mentioned Toys for Bob, they are:

  • Activision Shanghai is involved with CoD Online
  • Demonware is responsible for server support
  • High Moon Studios (formerly Destiny) also supports Call of Duty
  • Beenox has been a CoD studio since Black Ops III
  • Raven Software has supported CoD development for 11 years

Additionally, there are the three main CoD studios, Treyarch, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer, which each release a new CoD on an annual basis.

Only the studio Blizzard itself is not actively developing a CoD game, but they sell the thing via their webshop.

A studio from Activision Blizzard that has not worked on Call of Duty was Vicarious Visions: But they also had to provide support services. They first developed the PC version of Destiny 2 for Bungie – now Activision has assigned the studio to Blizzard: They are now working on the Diablo franchise.

Does the CoD factory prevent new games?

Studios either make CoD or nothing at all: At Activision, it seems there is not much else being developed besides CoD. Studios that were acquired by the publisher and did not join the CoD team were ultimately dissolved, and their employees and resources were redistributed to other studios that work on CoD. Among these dissolved studios are names like Grey Matter Interactive (Return to Castle Wolfenstein) and Neversoft (Guitar Hero 6).

CoD content instead of new games: This focus on CoD, in turn, prevents the creative energy of developers from flowing in another direction. An example here is Raven Software, which before its acquisition by Activision in 2010 developed a string of its own successful games, including the highly praised Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. But since 2010, Raven Software has only been active as a support studio for various CoD titles and has not produced or continued any of its own games. This is unfortunate for everyone who would have liked to see a sequel to Jedi Academy and more.

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What’s behind it: It seems that a studio acquired by Activision either has to develop CoD or will soon disappear. On the other hand, CoD is currently a major and successful franchise for the publisher that needs to be continuously developed. This requires a fresh influx of developers and resources to meet the high demands of the target audience.

Because masses of players gather daily on the servers, and constantly new content and patches are needed to satisfy the demand. Additionally, each year a completely new game in the series must be released, which in turn is integrated into the popular battle royale version Warzone. Without a large pool of developers, the CoD machine would hardly be able to keep running, even if much potential for new creative ideas surely falls by the wayside.

Activision Blizzard seems to be the publisher that has understood how a service game can satisfy the unrelenting hunger of players: They do not let just one studio work on it, but several. They wanted to do the same with Destiny, but those plans ended when Bungie parted ways with Activision Blizzard. With Call of Duty, they are now trying this model again. Apparently with some success.

What is your opinion on the big “CoD machine”? Is this large focus on a franchise given its success a no-brainer for Activision, or would you prefer it if the publisher would let the acquired studios do something original again?

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Pokémon GO: Spotlight hour today with Waumboll – Is it worth it?

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

Today, on May 4th, the Spotlight Hour featuring Waumboll starts in Pokémon GO. We will show you the bonuses and analyze for whom this event is worthwhile.

What is a Spotlight Hour? This event takes place every Tuesday in Pokémon GO and features a special Pokémon in the spotlight for one hour. There is also a bonus that complements the event.

This week, you will encounter Waumboll. The Wool Pokémon of the Grass and Fairy type belongs to the 5th generation and fits the current Fairy event that introduced Xerneas to the game.

Spotlight Hour with Waumboll – Start Time and Bonuses

When does it start? As you know, the Spotlight Hour starts again today at 6:00 PM local time. In the game, you will notice that most of the spawns around you will consist of Waumboll. You will have one hour to take advantage of these special spawns. Around 7:00 PM, the Pokémon in the wild will revert to those matching the current Fairy event.

These are the bonuses: While the event is active, you will find Waumboll everywhere. The bonus this time affects the candies you receive. For every catch, you will earn double the candies. This also counts for catches from encounters you unlock through research or other content. So, if you battle Giovanni during the event and receive his Shadow Lugia, you will get double candies for that.

Here’s what you need to know about Waumboll:
Waumboll is the base form and can evolve into Elfun. If you want to perform this evolution, you will need a Sun Stone.
In the Mini Cup, Waumboll has been an important fighter that could take on the opposing teams. In PvE, Waumboll and Elfun play an insignificant role.

Is there a Shiny Waumboll? No, the shiny version of Waumboll is not yet available in Pokémon GO.

Is the Spotlight Hour worth it today? That largely depends on whether you play PvP (Trainer Battles). Because there, at least Waumboll can score points and is considered an important counter with Fairy moves. For a charged attack, Vine Whip works well. If you want to secure some strong specimens for PvP, you can easily do that.

Unfortunately, shiny hunters also won’t have any luck during the Spotlight Hour today.

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In May, there are still many more events planned. After Waumboll, three more Spotlight Hours will take place. Additionally, an event featuring Marill is on the horizon. We will show you in the overview all events in May 2021 for Pokémon GO.

Let us know in the comments if you are participating in the Spotlight Hour today and which event you are looking forward to next.

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Pokémon GO brings a Marill event on Sunday, trainers are annoyed

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In Pokémon GO the Limited Research event with Marill starts this weekend. However, trainers are not satisfied with the announcement. They are asking why Marill gets so many events.

What kind of event is this? In Pokémon GO, a Limited Research event starts on Sunday, May 9th. The water and fairy Pokémon Marill will be the focus during the event day. You can expect many exclusive tasks that will reward you with Marill encounters.

Here we show you an overview of everything we know about the Marill Research event and why trainers are annoyed.

Limited Research with Marill – Start and Info

When does it start? The Limited Research with Marill starts on May 9th at 08:00 local time. You have until 22:00 to participate and complete the event quests.

What else is known: You will have the chance to encounter Shiny Marill again during the event. The shiny form has been available in Pokémon GO for a long time. There are also field research tasks that reward you with Marill encounters.

How did it go at other events? Limited Research events are a recurring format in Pokémon GO. The Pokémon participating in them change. There have been research events with Sniebel, Nidoran or Snubbull.

In past events, trainers were able to complete them easily from home, without having to leave their four walls. Until now, research tasks have always been divided into 3 quests per chapter, all rewarding you with the respective event Pokémon.

Is Marill worth it in Pokémon GO?
In PvE, that is in raids against raid bosses, Marill and its evolution Azumarill do not play a significant role. In PvP, however, it is a different story. In trainer battles, Marill leads the field in the Great League along with Galar-Option. They are the two strongest Pokémon you can use in the Great League.

Trainers show annoyed reactions, why?

This is what trainers say: Trainers say “Not another Marill event” or that they already own the entire shiny family and see no reason to participate in the event (via twitter.com). The biggest “problem” noted is the frequency of Marill events.

On reddit, trainers also share their opinions about the event. User ZekromFPS writes (via reddit):

Almost 700 Pokémon in GO.

Niantic: Yep, let’s give them the third Marill event within a year

Others suspect that Niantic really wants to give every player the chance to collect strong Azumarill for the PvP league.

What do you think of the announcement for the Marill Research day? Is it something you are happy about or do you already have shinies and strong PvP specimens? Please share your thoughts here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.

The limited research for the Xerneas event is currently running. Here we show you all tasks and rewards from Illuminating Legends X.

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Biggest WoW streamer explains: “Blizzard fixes problems that players don’t even have”

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The biggest WoW streamer sees some issues in his favorite game. Especially because Blizzard is fixing problems that players don’t even have.

In the retail version of World of Warcraft there is currently a tense atmosphere. For almost half a year, players have been waiting for new content and improvements to existing systems. Now, the WoW streamer Asmongold has also spoken out and explained what bothers him about Blizzard’s policy regarding Shadowlands.

Who is he? Asmongold is a long-time WoW player and streamer. He is one of the biggest WoW streamers overall, consistently reaching large audiences on both Twitch and YouTube. With nearly 2 million followers, he is even among the top 100 streamers overall.

What does Asmongold say? In one of his latest videos, he speaks unusually calmly and factually about the problems he has with the current WoW and the developers. The two main points are summarized as follows:

  • Blizzard is fixing problems in WoW that players don’t even have.
  • The developers introduce new systems and only fix them over the course of years.

He elaborates on both points in the nearly 30-minute video and explains, with several examples, what is going wrong.

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Solutions that players don’t want: He explains the first point with some mechanics and systems that only exist to harass players and artificially slow them down. He says:

Why is media energy in the game? What purpose does it serve? Who does it help? I believe Blizzard developers are fixing problems that players don’t even have with solutions that players don’t want. This has been going on for years. I’m tired of it. I feel exhausted every time I play the game. When I want to do my world quests, I log in and after 3 quests I want to do something else, like watch a YouTube video.

He mentions more systems and mechanics that serve no purpose for players. For example, he still doesn’t understand why the vendor for corruption effects in BfA had a rotation instead of offering the entire stock permanently. The same goes for media energy, where players are restricted in something that doesn’t need restriction.

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Systems refined over years: Asmongold goes on to explain how WoW has received new systems over the last few years that were simply uninteresting or flawed in their initial implementation. The prime example of this is the Azerite armor from Battle for Azeroth, which changed multiple times throughout the patches, and with which players were never truly happy. This was feedback that had already been given in the beta of Battle for Azeroth but was never implemented by the end of the expansion.

It is the same again now, for example with the anima system or Torghast. It doesn’t feel complete, and in an interview, Ion Hazzikostas said that it is part of the process to revise and expand systems over multiple patches. Here Asmongold disagrees and clearly states that he and many other players are tired of hearing that every time. Blizzard should finally bring complete, well-thought-out systems into the game and not fix them only after months or years.

Over months and years, systems like legendary items in Legion or Azerite powers in BfA are revised and improved until they are finally in the state they should have been at release in the last patch of an expansion.

What do you think about this? Do you agree with Asmongold and his statements regarding the game systems of WoW? Or do you find the new systems good, even if they are not optimal at the beginning?

If you are no longer interested in retail WoW, you can also check out Classic. The launch of Burning Crusade has just been leaked there.

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Fortnite suddenly brings 2 “favorites” out of the vault – How do the players react to this?

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In Fortnite: Battle Royale, there were some spontaneous changes, and Epic brought back 2 favorites, as they call them, from the vault. What changes and weapons have been added to the game, and how are players reacting to it now?

This is what’s happening in Fortnite: The start of Season 6 introduced some new weapons, and now you can even craft primitive weapons. But now, Epic has spontaneously made additional changes and even brought back some weapons from the vault.

It’s not the first time that Fortnite spontaneously adds some changes without a proper update taking place. Just recently, Epic made some buffs for weapons that made bows very powerful and caused players to fear them directly.

Which 2 “favorites” are back?

Which weapons are back in the game? On May 3, Fortnite Status announced on Twitter that 4 changes have been made in the game (via Twitter). This took place in a hotfix, which players didn’t notice directly in the game. In the announcement, Epic revealed that they have brought back 2 favorites, as they call them, into the game. These weapons are:

  • The Infantry Rifle
  • The Tactical Shotgun

Both weapons can now be found on the island in all rarities. You will be able to find them in chests or on the ground, as they cannot be crafted.

These two weapons are now back from the vault

“Good aim will be rewarded again”

This is how players react to the return of the two weapons: In an official reddit thread, the return of the weapons was also announced. Opinions on the return are largely positive (via reddit). Some are happy because good aim will be rewarded again with the Infantry. They comment:

  • “I know you will never see this Epic, but thank you for bringing these items back from the vault.”
  • “It’s very powerful [the Infantry Rifle] and there’s hardly any RNG, so it’s really your pure aim that makes it a good weapon.”
  • “Okay, this is just … great! Tactical is back and so is the Infantry.”
  • “Competitive players have long asked for the return of the Infantry because it rewards good aim.”

However, not all players seem to be satisfied with the return of these two weapons. Under the announcement on Twitter, players are asking about the Heavy Sniper: “You forgot these weapons!” In Season 2 Chapter 2 the Heavy Sniper was also one of your favorite weapons before it was put in the vault.

Epic brings further changes to the game

What other changes has Fortnite made? In the announcement tweet, Fortnite Status revealed further changes made to the game. This is now different:

  • Possibility of spawning crafting materials has been doubled again
  • Mechanic parts when farming cars have been increased by 50%
  • Improved loot chances at fishing spots, supply drops, and bunker chests
fortnite bunker chests title
Bunker chests guarantee you great loot when you find them

Bunker chests guarantee you great weapons without much effort. However, as they are not so easy to find, we show you our guide to the locations of bunker chests on the map.

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CoD Warzone: Hunt for Eagles – How to get the Operator Skin

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With the start of Season 3 in Call of Duty Cold War and Warzone, the “Hunt for Adler” challenge has begun. We will show you all the tasks and rewards as well as the Adler skin.

What is this event? Players in Call of Duty need to complete tasks for the “Hunt for Adler” in Warzone and Cold War. There are rewards like stickers, calling cards, and weapon charms. We will show you all the rewards and which tasks you need to fulfill for the hunt.

Update: Due to technical issues, many players could not receive the Adler skin despite completing the challenges. Therefore, the developers have decided to make the skin available for free to all players.

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If you want the Adler skin, just log into the game, open the operator menu, and there you will find the new skin with Russell Adler and can easily equip it.

But be careful! The skin is only available until the end of Season 3, so don’t take too long.

Hunt for Adler in Warzone – How does it work?

In Warzone, you need to gather various information in matches. This takes place on the new “Verdansk ’84” map, which was activated with Season 3 in Warzone. Go wild there and gather the info to grab the coveted rewards.

TaskReward
Complete the Intel contract at FarmsCalling Card “Missing”
Complete the Intel contract on the SummitSticker “Rebel Rivas”
Complete the Intel contract at FactoryWeapon charm “Close Call”

Tips for the challenges: It’s best to start at Factory (near Super Store). There you need to locate and collect three supply boxes nearby. Collecting the three supply boxes is the goal at all locations. You will have 5 minutes for each box to collect it. It works easiest if you own a heli and simply fly quickly to the locations, collect, and move on.

According to player reports, there are about 2-4 Intel contracts per location to pick up. So do this as the very first task at the start of a match so that other players don’t snatch them from you.

Hunt for Adler in Cold War – How does it work?

In Cold War, you need to play through a few games to unlock the rewards. Especially on the Yamantau map, you will have to play more often to complete all objectives.

TaskReward
Play and complete 7 games on YamantauSticker “Head Comrade”
Eliminate 25 opponents revealed by your Spy Plan
H.A.R.P. or Field Mic.		Weapon charm “Pager”
Eliminate 25 opponents in a killstreak while using
the Assassin Perk		Calling Card “Vengeful Commando”

Tips for the challenges: These challenges are not particularly difficult, they just take time. Play the games as you normally would. For the 25 kills, you can place the Field Mic near the enemy spawn to reveal as many enemies as possible.

What’s new:

The rewards for Hunt for Adler – Skin

This is what it looks like: In the following tweet from CharlieIntel, you can see the 6 mentioned rewards in the game:

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How to get the Adler skin: If you are keen on the skin, you only need to complete 3 of the tasks. Either all 3 in Warzone or all 3 in Cold War. You do not need to solve 6 tasks for the Adler skin.

Warzone Adler Skin
Source: CharlieIntel.com

As you can see, you don’t need to change your playstyle much for the challenges. Most tasks will be completed alongside your regular gameplay anyway. Once the initial rush for the Intel contracts in Warzone calms down, your chances of obtaining the coveted pieces will increase.

What do you think of these types of tasks? Do you enjoy having some fresh wind in the game or should there be other ways to earn skins like this?

Are you looking for more cool skins? We show you 5 black skins in Warzone that give you advantages in the dark.

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